General Information
Content Description
The material in this collection is contained in 34 file boxes which occupy approximately 19 linear feet of shelf space. It was donated to the University of Idaho Library by David Denault, a former reporter for National Public Radio.
The material includes news releases, NASA press kits and flight plans, newspaper clippings, magazine articles, photographs, color transparencies, several short films, phonograph records, tape recordings, and transcripts of news conferences, press briefings, and mission control conversations with the astronauts. Also included are informational materials, including photographs, given to reporters by the companies which developed equipment used in connection with the various projects.
Dates
- Creation: December 7-19, 1972
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 19 linear feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Abstract
Included are biographies of the crew, several NASA news releases, a list of VIP's expected to watch the lift off, Gene Simons's book "On the Moon with Apollo 17: a guidebook to Taurus-Littrow", "The Song of the Astronaut" by Donald W. Satuffer and Jack Peters, a map of the Taurus Littrow area showing the Apollo 17 rover tracking chart, and the NASA press kit, final flight plan, and final lunar surface procedures.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository